Arsene Wenger gives cautious backing to Premier League plan

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Arsene Wenger, the Arsenal manager, has given cautious backing to the Premier League’s plan to play an extra 10 games abroad. The proposal to play a 39th league match in five cities overseas on one weekend from 2011 has drawn a barrage of criticism from within the game, not least from Sepp Blatter, the Fifa president.

But Wenger insists the idea should be investigated properly before being written off.

“There’s two things I like about it,” Wenger said. “First there is a desire to innovate and be the strongest league in the world and the second thing is to do